Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Thermal stability
- 1 Polymer nanocomposites
- 2 Mechanism of thermal degradation of layered silicates modified with ammonium and other thermally stable salts
- 3 Thermal stability of polystyrene nanocomposites from improved thermally stable organoclays
- 4 Poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanocomposites using nanoclays modified with thermally stable surfactants
- 5 Thermally stable polyimide/4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)phenylsulfone-modified clay nanocomposites
- 6 Clays modified with thermally stable ionic liquids with applications in polyolefin and polylactic acid nanocomposites
- Part II Flame retardancy
- Index
- References
6 - Clays modified with thermally stable ionic liquids with applications in polyolefin and polylactic acid nanocomposites
from Part I - Thermal stability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Thermal stability
- 1 Polymer nanocomposites
- 2 Mechanism of thermal degradation of layered silicates modified with ammonium and other thermally stable salts
- 3 Thermal stability of polystyrene nanocomposites from improved thermally stable organoclays
- 4 Poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanocomposites using nanoclays modified with thermally stable surfactants
- 5 Thermally stable polyimide/4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)phenylsulfone-modified clay nanocomposites
- 6 Clays modified with thermally stable ionic liquids with applications in polyolefin and polylactic acid nanocomposites
- Part II Flame retardancy
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
A variety of discontinuous (short) functional fillers may be combined with thermoplastic or thermoset matrices to produce composites. The fillers may differ in shape (fibers, platelets, flakes, spheres, or irregulars), aspect ratio, and size. When the fully dispersed (exfoliated or deagglomerated) fillers are of nanoscale dimensions, the materials are known as nanocomposites. They differ from conventional microcomposites in that they contain a significant number of interfaces available for interactions between the intermixed phases. As a result of their unique properties, nanocomposites have great potential for applications involving polymer property modification utilizing low filler concentrations for minimum weight increase; examples include mechanical, electrical, optical, and barrier properties improvement and enhanced flame retardancy.
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- Thermally Stable and Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites , pp. 143 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011